Board of Trustees and Staff

R. Lee Laechelt, RF

Chairman of Trust
Trustee since 1992
Executive Vice President,

Alabama Forest Owner’s Association

Melisa V. Love, RF

Vice Chair of Trust

Trustee since 1995

President, Forestry Consultants, Inc.

Larkin Wade, RF

Trustee

Trustee since 1992

Professor Emeritus,

School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Mark D. Smith, Ph.D.

Secretary and Treasurer

Associate Professor

School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Timothy Albritton, RF

Adviser of Trust

Adviser of Trust since 2003

State Staff Forester

USDA-NRCS

S. Wayne Ford, RF

Trustee

Trustee since 2010

Retired Tuscaloosa Co. Extension System Coordinator

Mitch Coffee, RF

Trustee 

​Resource Management Service, LLC

Frank M. Stewart, III, RF

BMT Contract Administrator
Principal, Washington Resource